Chinese Characters Starting with "ALL"

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

táng

This 'cherry-apple' character hides a 3,000-year-o

This character hasn’t changed in 3,000 years — s

péng

This ‘shed’ character hides a rooftop in plain s

A 12-stroke visual pun: two identical 'wood' radic

zǎo

Its right side looks like ‘to say’ (曰), but 枣

chéng

This 8-stroke character hides a carpenter’s secre

pái

Looks like 'wood + line up' — and it literally me

fěi

This unassuming character names a single sacred tr

zhuō

This 'stick' isn't for stirring soup—it's a 3,000

chān

This 'length' character vanished from spoken Chine

zhuó

This character looks like 'wood + outstanding'—bu

kǔn

This character looks like 'wood + trapped'—but it

suō

This 'wood' radical character doesn’t mean 'wood'

This 'earth basket' character hides a sharp truth:

This character looks like 'wood + I' — but it’s

chén

Looks like 'wood + stretch' — and it is: every st

lu:3

This obscure 'eave beam' character hides a poetic

xiāo

This ‘owl’ character isn’t about birds — it’s

jiǎn

This 'bamboo conduit' character hides an ancient e

gěng

Looks like 'wood + more', but this 11-stroke chara

zhī

This 'gardenia' character hides a botanical parado

This 11-stroke tree character carries ancestral ad

This 'stockade' character hides a bee in its wood

This 'wood + solid' character was born as imperial

zào

This 'zào' tree character hides soap in its bones

This 'wood-press' character hasn't changed its cor

bāng

This 10-stroke character isn’t just ‘wood’ + ‘

méi

This 'plum' isn’t fruity — it’s a frost-bloomin

tǐng

Its top half 廷 sounds like 'ting' and hints at 'c

jué

This 'rafter' character hides a sonic secret: 角 (

This ‘beam’ character hides a secret: its right

This 11-stroke character is a rare, unchanging fos

tīng

Born from a fusion of 'wood' and 'pavilion,' 桯 is

zhēn

This character began as a Bronze Age sketch of rai

suō

Though it looks like a ‘rope tree,’ 桫 isn’t ab

jiù

This 'enduring tree' character (木+久) looks like

huán

This 'soapberry' character began as a sacred pilla

tóng

This 'tree' character hides a musical secret: its

zhì

This 'wood + arrival' character doesn’t mean 'to

ān

This 'eucalyptus' character didn’t exist in ancie